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It is not an obvious task to screen for productivity in a recruitment process. Companies often hire developers who have a hard time becoming productive. Even worse, HR best practices in some environments often slow down the promotion and growth of productive developers. As a result, top talent in these companies often finds growth opportunities

Warning! Some thought provoking lies ahead. You see, I get feedback from software developers all the time. I hear things like, I want to learn the Go language. Then I ask the question, why Go? What is your outcome? The response is a disappointing "because Go is cool. I will continue working as a .NET

Goals of this article: Learn the role of your professional standards in your career Discover the role of lexical knowledge in becoming a professional Let go of fears of making time-estimations and learn how to estimate your tasks more accurately Learn how a professional negotiates When amateurs appear to have lost motivation, professionals still reliably

Having gone through a lot of hurdles, I can now clearly see how much time I wasted with pursuing things that felt good, but were definitely not good for me. I can see this trend in the lives of many people I have worked with or studied with. You see, people who want to improve

I arrived five minutes late to my method acting appointment. My coach seated me, and asked me how I was. "What a day!" I said. "I woke up almost an hour late, and my whole day has been about catching up. On the way here, I realized I had to get some cash. Oh, and

Raise the hand you are not scrolling this article with, if you have read at least one productivity tip in the last two weeks. This includes courses that sell you the dream of taking control of your text editor or IDE to the extent as if you were playing real time strategy games with it.

It is always a rewarding experience for an author to see his product get published. In this article, I will encourage you to make your own path by breaking down the obstacles I had to face while learning how to create informative courses. Obstacles are good Life often gives us hurdles that seem impossible to

In his book, What Got You Here, Won't Get You There, Marshall Goldsmith pointed out that beyond a certain skill level, everyone is good enough. Once you rise to this level, your soft skills will determine your success. The good news is that you can consciously focus on your soft skills. This will give you

The process of handling raises differs from company to company. Some companies have fixed raises, and they have a process for extraordinary raises. This process has to be executed, and approvals have to be collected. If you are with a bureaucratic company, this process may be quite complex. Either way, your job is to figure

This is Part 2 of the software developer's guide on asking for a raise. If you have not read Part 1, I encourage you to read it here. In the first part, we laid down the foundations for the proper mindset that helps you reach your financial goals. In this article, we will investigate the